DELTA GOODREM looks set to wed BRIAN McFADDEN after the Aussie singer was spotted wearing what appeared to be an engagement ring as they kissed and cuddled on a romantic getaway in Barbados.

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Wild West fanatic ERIC LOFTHOUSE's friends set up a guard of honour at his funeral after he lost his battle with cancer. The 68-year-old line dancer, from Thornton, near Blackpool, was even married in a Confederate soldier uniform.

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Footballer TED BURTON, 60, still turns out for his pub team after 47 years in the game - and he has never been booked. The left back, from Dunkinfield, Gtr Manchester, who plays for The Hunters in Stalybridge, said: "Stanley Matthews played until he was 65, and it keeps me fit."

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British adventurer CONRAD DICKINSON, 50, of Hexham, Northumberland, is trekking through the night to make up lost time on his polar record bid. He and skier RICHARD WEBER, 46, have two weeks to complete their 482-mile slog from the Canadian Arctic to the North Pole. April 29 is the last day they can be picked up by plane.

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Police found suspected speeding driver DIETER BRAUER, 33, hiding in his cellar in Vreden, Germany, after daughter HANNAH, 3, told them where he was. He said: "I can't be angry. We've always told her not to lie."